Willis Marshall

Willis Marshall

No. 3, 22
Position:	Wide Receiver / Defensive back
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1975-08-12) August 12, 1975 (age 41)
Place of birth:	Detroit, Michigan
Height:	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight:	197 lb (89 kg)
Career information
College:	Youngstown State
Undrafted:	1998
Career history
Calgary Stampeders (1998–1999) Grand Rapids Rampage (2001–2002) Colorado Crush (2004–2006) Dallas Desperados (2007) Georgia Force (2008) Cleveland Gladiators (2008) Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings (2010)
Career highlights and awards
Grey Cup champion (1998) Second Team All-Arena (2002) 2× AFL All-Ironman Team (2005, 2006) 4× Ironman of the Game Offensive Player of the Game ArenaBowl champion (XX) ArenaBowl Offensive Player of the Game ArenaBowl Ironman of the Game ArenaBowl MVP
Career Arena statistics
Receptions: 646 Rec. yards: 7,223 Rec. touchdowns: 95 Tackles: 207 Kickoff returns / Yards: 356 / 6,709
Player stats at ArenaFan.com

Receptions:	646
Rec. yards:	7,223
Rec. touchdowns:	95
Tackles:	207
Kickoff returns / Yards:	356 / 6,709

Willis Thurman Marshall III (born August 12, 1975) is a former Arena football wide receiver / defensive back. He played college football at Youngstown State.

In his career, Marshall has played for the Calgary Stampeders, Grand Rapids Rampage, Colorado Crush, and Dallas Desperados. He was teammates with Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jeff Garcia in 1998, when the Stampeders won the 86th Grey Cup.

Marshall attended Brother Rice High School in Detroit where he competed in football, basketball and track. He was a member of the football team that won the state championship in 1990.

Marshall attended Youngstown State University, where he played for future Ohio State head coach, Jim Tressel, as well as lettered in football. Youngstown State won the NCAA Division I-AA national championship in 1993, 1994 and 1997.

As a freshman, Marshall recorded four tackles, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery as a Defensive back. As a sophomore, he switched from defensive back to wide receiver, and recorded 10 receptions for 97 yards. As a junior, he recorded 24 receptions for 305 yards and one touchdown as a junior. As a senior, he led the team in receiving with 40 receptions for 490 yards and one touchdown en route to the Penguins third Division I-AA Championship in four years. He finished his college career with 74 receptions for 892 yards. He also graduated with Bachelor’s degree in Advertising and Communications.

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